Archive for March, 2009

Peter vs. Chamber On ESPN!

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

ESPN Boxing This Week: Chambers, Peter to Square off in Anticipated Heavyweight Bout
Continuing the momentum of showing some top-notch fights in March, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, starting March 27 at 10 p.m. on ESPN2, will air a 10-round main event heavyweight bout featuring the IBF #3-ranked Eddie Chambers (33-1, 18 KOs) of Philadelphia against former [...]

Julio Diaz To Meet Reyes

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

JULIO DIAZ TO TO BATTLE ROLANDO REYES ON APRIL 4TH “LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHTNING” CARD AFTER CASAMAYOR WITHDRAWS DUE TO INJURY
LOS ANGELES, March 24 - Former World Champion Julio Diaz will now square off against Oxnard, California’s Rolando Reyes, who agreed to fight Diaz on the April 4th “Lightweight Lightning” card at the Frank Erwin Center in [...]

Showtime’s Upcoming Lineup

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

SHOWTIME SPORTS GIVES FIGHT FANS
A SPECTACULAR MARCH AND APRIL LINEUP
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Four World Championship Fights in Just 28 Days, Live on SHOWTIME®
NEW YORK (March 24, 2009) – Over a span of 28 days SHOWTIME Sports will feature a frenzied fight schedule, with late March and April filled with championship fights and meaningful matchups. With two [...]

Maureen Shea, Analyst

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The Tijuana Thunder announce team will be Rich Marotta, Al Bernstein and Maureen Shea.
This will be the announcing debut for Shea, a communications major at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. Maureen, a professional boxer, was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Born in 1981, she was raised by a [...]

Quezada Wants Toney

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, is calling out James “Lights Out” Toney. Quezada, who’s been working with Joe Goossen, is riding a 15-fight winning streak and is currently ranked # 17 by the WBC.
“When I heard the news that James Toney wanted to start his own promotional company and headline his [...]

Holt, Bradley Video Special

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Please click on the link below to view two new videos of world champions Timothy Bradley and Kendall Holt. Bradley (WBC) and Holt (WBO) are preparing to unify their 140-pound world titles on Saturday, April 4, live on SHOWTIME (10:45 p.m. ET/PT).
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid13320727001

Harry Yorgey Q ‘n’ A

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

SIX QUESTIONS WITH HARRY JOE YORGEY
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Philadelphia Fan Favorite Takes On Ronald Hearns
In Battle of Unbeatens on ShoBox: The New Generation,
Saturday, March 28, Live on SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT
From the Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Okla.
NEW YORK (March 23, 2009) – “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey puts his undefeated record on the line March 28, when [...]

Miranda Wins In England

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

“PANTERA” A BIG HIT IN LONDON
MIRANDA KO’S VEGAS IN FIVE, WANTS TAYLOR-FROCH WINNER
HOLLYWOOD, FL, March 21 – It doesn’t matter if it’s Colombia, Florida, or London, England – super middleweight standout Edison “Pantera” Miranda is a hit wherever he goes.
That was certainly the case Friday night at York Hall in the Bethnal Green section of [...]

Jones, Sheika Make Weight

Friday, March 20th, 2009

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BOXING
12 Rounds – NABO Light Heavyweight Championship (PPV)
Roy Jones Jr., (52-5, 38 KOs), Pensacola, Florida 173 ¼ lbs.
vs.
Omar Sheika (27-8, 18 KOs), Paterson, NJ 175 lbs.
12 Rounds – NABO Cruiserweight Championship (PPV)
B.J. Flores (22-0, 14 KOs), Las Vegas, NV 199 ¼ lbs.
vs.
Jose Luis [...]

WEIGHTS Vitali 249, Gomez 230.4

Friday, March 20th, 2009

First Live Heavyweight Championship Broadcast in History of ESPN
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION VITALI KLITSCHKO, WEIGHS IN AT 249 POUNDS, FOR TOMORROW’S (SATURDAY, MARCH 21) WBC TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ , WEIGHING IN AT 230.4 POUNDS, IN STUTTGARD, GERMANY LIVE ON ESPN CLASSIC
Stuttgard, Germany—Vitali Klitschko, who weighed in at 249 pounds, [...]